The Abandoned Luna's Journey to Power (by Emily Reed) novel Chapter 218

Chapter 218 Difficult Decision

“How do we treat it?” I asked.

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“I already told you before.” Rupert made a snapping gesture with his hand-brutal and direct. “We rebreak the bone that healed crooked, clear out the fragments inside, realign it properly, then fix it with steel pins and rely on werewolf regeneration to let it grow back.”

Astra’s small face went pale. He instinctively tightened his grip on the fur cushion beneath him.

“But there’s a major problem here.”

Rupert took out two vials from his case-one blue, one dark red.

“This is a fracture, not a scraped knee. The pain is brutal. Even a fully grown Alpha warrior might not withstand it, let alone an eight-year-old child.”

He raised the blue vial. “This is a standard high-grade painkiller. It can dull part of the pain, but only part. During surgery, he will still feel the agony of bone breaking, and there’s even a chance he could go into shock.”

Then he raised the dark red vial, his expression turning grave.

“This one is called Abyssal Dream. It’s an ultra-powerful sedative originally made for rampaging high-tier dreadbeasts. If we use it, Astra will completely lose consciousness during surgery. It will be as if he’s dead, and he won’t feel a thing.”

“Isn’t that perfect?” I blurted out. “Then use it. I can’t let him…”

“Let me finish, Cindy,” Rupert cut me off sharply. “This drug is for dreadbeasts. A werewolf’s nervous system is far more delicate and sensitive, especially a cub’s. This drug has severe neurotoxicity.

“If we use it, the surgery will be painless, but there’s a very high risk of permanent damage to the motor nerves in his leg. That means even if the bone heals, the leg may lose sensation or be completely useless. At best, he’ll limp. At worst, he won’t be able to lift it at all.”

It felt like a thunderbolt struck me.

“How high is the risk?” I asked, my voice shaking.

“Thirty percent,” Rupert said coldly. “Possibly higher. And the surgery must be completed within 10 minutes. Go beyond that, and the drug will begin attacking the brain. This is a gamble. And the stake is his ability to walk for the rest of his life.”

“What if we don’t use it? Just the regular painkiller?”

“Then there’s no risk of nerve damage. But the price is one thing.” Rupert looked at Astra. “Intense pain. Pain beyond endurance. And after the surgery, that agony will last for days.”

The room fell into dead silence.

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Chapter 218 Difficult Decision

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One choice carried the risk of permanent disability but no pain, while the other guaranteed recovery, but demanded a descent into hell.

This was a question of sacrifice.

“You can’t decide this alone,” Rupert said as he packed up his tools, his tone heavy. “Astra may be close to you, but he’s also a child of Kazek Manor. Roger is a little obsessive. If something goes wrong, resentment will follow. You need to discuss this with them.”

After seeing Rupert off, I returned to the room.

Astra was sitting by the window, watching the falling leaves outside.

He was very quiet. Too quiet.

I walked over, crouched in front of him, and took his ice-cold hand.

“Astra,” I said, keeping my voice steady. “Did you understand what Dr. Rupert said?”

He nodded.

“Then, I want to know what you think,” I said, meeting his eyes. “Are you afraid of the pain, or afraid of…”

Before I could finish, Astra suddenly pulled his hand away.

He took out the small notebook he always carried and, with the right hand he had trained this past month, wrote a line at lightning speed. wrote

He pressed so hard that the pen tore through the paper.

I am not afraid of pain.

After writing that, he paused and looked up at me.

In those silver-gray eyes burned two flames I had never seen before.

They were not flames of pleading. They were flames of ambition and flames of dignity.

He continued writing.

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